Places to Eat

Many friends and other people I know are in San Miguel de Allende now and people are curious and asking questions, so I am reposting this. It was dusk in San Miguel Allende and traffic was stopped by a…

Photos by Pedro Luis de Auuinaga One of the many charms of visiting Oaxaca city is visiting the surrounding villages. Mostspecialize in a particular craft or product. the nearby town of Zaachila has a curious specialty: wood for different kinds…

Photo by Pedro Luis de Aguinaga Next week, I will be traveling to Guadalajara and environs for a family wedding. The story below is the sanitized and unedited manuscript version of my years of higher learning in Guadalajara. It…

Less than two weeks ago I got the invitation above from my dear longtime friend, Chef Stephan Pyles.Having done a performance art act myself last year, I thought that he was premiering some sort of show and I accepted his…

It used to be that there were only three things I had to eat on my infrequent trips to El Paso: A fire -grilled Charcoaler hamburger with chile con carne, an order of Chico’s Tacos, and a Dairy Queen chocolate-dipped…

It wasn’t until our second to the last day that we were in Peru before I had Peru’s signature dish: cebiche or ceviche but then it was an embarrassment of riches. We were being treated like royalty and lavished with…

I am not a religious person but I experienced two very different but profoundly exalting experiences in Peru that could be described as deeply spiritual. The first was Machu Picchu which I suppose everyone…

We finally had the kind of meal that I had expected to enjoy throughout my travels in Peru. One sparkling fresh ceviche came one after the other, exciting my palate and filling me with joy. The restaurant is Don Fernando…